Avenging an earlier season non league loss (70-58), No. 11 Roy-Hart upended host No. 6 Cleveland Hill 67-57 this evening in the pre quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B2 boys basketball playoffs.

Leading by a narrow 40-39 margin after three quarters, the Rams put together a big 27-18 fourth quarter scoring burst to claim the win.

Rhett Godowin scored 10, including two threes, and Tom Ragonese and Aiden Petrie 6 each to spearhead the Rams decisive fourth quarter uprising.

Goodwin finished with 21 as Ragonese, Jamel Johnson Jr. and Gavyn Boyle each added 10 and Petrie 8.

Roy-Hart, which led 16-14 after one period and 26-24 at the half, next visits No. 3 Fredonia at 1 p.m. Saturday in the quarterfinals.

Wilson 52, MST Seneca 31
No. 8 seed Wilson downed visiting No. 9 MST Seneca 52-31 to advance to a Class B2 quarterfinal matchup at No. 1 Olmsted at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Leading 19-10 at the half, Wilson used a 20-11 third period scoring edge to put a lock on the win.

Luke Bradley scored 13 of his game high 21 and Mike Miller 5 of hs 10 to spark the third period surge by the Lakemen.

In another Class B2 pre quarterfinal contest, No. 7 JFK trimmed no. 10 Akron 52-48.

Section V Girls Basketball
In Section V girls opening round playoff games, No. 5 Clyde-Savannah downed No. 12 Lyndonville 62-41 in Class C2, No. 3 Canisteo-Greenwood bested No. 14 Holley 65-16 in Class C1 and No. 7 Pavilion topped No. 10 Kendall 49-16 in Class D1.

In several other playoff games involving Genesee Region League teams, No. 5 Notre Dame defeated No. 12 Genesee Valley 59-17 in Class D1, No. 1 Pembroke downed No. 16 Sodus 75-16 and No. 2 Byron-Berge bested No. 15 Campbell-Savonna 65-22 in Class C1.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Bailey Blanchard

Trailing after each of the first three periods, No. 6 seed Albion used a big fourth quarter scoring surge to down visiting No. 11 Maryvale 57-49  this evening in the pre quarterfinals of the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball playoffs.

Trailing 15-10 after one quarter, 27-21 at the half and 40-33 at the three-quarter mark, Albion erupted for a big 24-9 scoring burst in the final stanza to claim the win.

A three by Bailey Blanchard tied the game at 42-42 with two minutes to go and another three by Liam Ward put the Purple Eagles on top at 48-46.

Three free throws off a double technical helped boost the Albion lead to 56-49.

Deyonci Farley scored 10 down the stretch for the Purple Eagles as Blanchard had 6, Ward 4 and Kevin Hillman and Chris Shabazz 2 each.

Blanchard finished the evening with 18 as Farley added 14, Ward 13 and Hillman and Shabazz 6 each.

Improving to 16-5, Albion next visits No. 3 Depew in the B1 quarterfinals at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Christian Drisdom puts up a shot against Tonawanda defender David Perry during the Mustangs sectional win over the visiting Warriors this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a big third quarter scoring burst, No. 8 seed Medina went on to defeat visiting No. 9 Tonawanda 68-60 this evening in the pre quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball playoffs.

Trailing 30-29 at the half, Medina put together a 22-14 third period scoring surge to take the lead for good by a 51-44 margin at the three-quarter mark.

Tyler Chinn led the Mustangs decisive rally with 10 points on two threes and a pair of layups. Jarin Rhim added six on two layups and a pair of free throws and Brian Fry six on a three, a layup and a free throw.

Medina’s Brian Fry drives in for a layup.

The Mustangs built the advantage to 12, 57-45, a minute and a half into the final period after a layup by Chinn followed by a rebound basket and a layup by Christian Drisdom.

Tonawanda did rally back to within six, 59-53, midway through the period but the Warriors would get no closer.

A rebound basket by Joe Cecchini followed by two free throws and a layup by Fry put the Mustangs back up by nine, 63-54, with 2:40 remaining. A layup by Cecchini and two free throws by Chinn then put a lock on the win.

Chinn finished with 20, Fry 19, Jarin Rhim 14 (click here to see a layup by Rhim), Cecchini 7 and Dontae Rhim and Drisdom 4 for the Mustangs.

Trevin Boling scored 19, David Perry 15 and J.J. Velazquez 11 for Tonawanda which held narrow leads of 17-16 after the first period and 30-29 at the half.

Medina, which improves to 12-9, next visits top seeded Bennett in the quarterfinals at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Tonawanda finishes the season at 9-12.

Contributed Photo – Chanyce Powell

Albion High graduate and SUNY Brockport junior Chanyce Powell has been named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Indoor Track and Field competition’s Field Athlete of the week.

Powell had a big two victory effort at the Nazareth Invitational last weekend to earn the SUNYAC weekly  honor.

She won the Long Jump with an effort of 5.47 meters and the Triple Jump with a leap of 11.67 meters.

Powell currently has the 11th best Triple Jump distance and the 27th best Long Jump on the national qualifying list.

SUNY Brockport will host the SUNYAC Indoor Track and Field championships this Friday and Saturday.

No. 6 seeded Albion will host No. 11 Maryvale at 7 this evening in the pre quarterfinal round of the Section VI Class B1 boys basketball playoffs.

Maryvale ousted No. 14 Dunkirk 63-53 in Tuesday’s opening round.

The Albion/Maryvale winner will advance to a quarterfinal matchup at No. 3 Depew at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Also in Class B1 preqarterfinal competition, No. 8 Medina will host No. 9 Tonawanda at 7 this evening.

The winner will advance to a quarterfinal round matchup at No. 1 Bennett at 1 p.m. Saturday.

In Section V Class C3 boys playoff action, No. 4 Lyndonville will host No. 5 Dundee in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. Friday.

Dundee defeated No. 12 Marion 67-51 in Tuesday’s opening round.

Photos by Cheryl Wertmn – Albion’s Honesty Little goes up for a shot between Maryvale defenders Alana Falter and Christie McGee-Ross during the host Purple Eagles sectional win over the Flyers this evening.

A late scoring burst earned No. 8 Albion a 53-45 win over visiting No. 9 Maryvale this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 girls basketball playoffs.

Leading 46-43, Albion outscored Maryvale 7-2 in the final half minute to claim the win.

A free throw and a layup off a steal by Kendall Derisley ignited that late surge and Aly Knaak followed up with a pair of free throws and a layup to lock up the victory. Knaak had a total of 8 points in the decisive final stanza.

Aly Knaak puts up a shot for Albion.

Paige Derisley finished with 17 (click here to see Paige make a 3 point shot), Honesty Little 14 and Aly Knaak 10 for Albion as Kendall Derisley added 8 and Ryan Olles and Maya Knaak 2 each.

Christie McGee-Ross took game high honors with 30 for Maryvale.

Albion grabbed a narrow 13-11 lead at the end of the opening period as Paige Derisley had a three and a jumper, Kendall Derisley a three, Little a rebound bucket and Aly Knaak a layup.

The Purple Eagles maintained a 25-20 lead at the half as Paige Derisley hit two late threes.

Little then had a big 9 point third period, including two rebound baskets and a thee-point play, to help keep Albion up by five, 38-33, at the three-quarter mark.

Two layups by Aly Knaak and one each by Little and Paige Derisley kept Albion up by six, 46-40, late in the final period.

Tallies by McGee-Ross and Alana Falter pulled Maryvale back to within three, 46-43, but the Flyers could get no closer.

Albion turned back the challenge as a free throw and layup off a steal by Kendall Derisley gave the Purple Eagles a little breaking room and two free throws and a layup by Aly Knaak closed out the win.

Albion, which improves to 8-12, next visits undefeated (20-0) top seeded City Honors in the quarterfinals on Friday.

In a Class B2 opener, No. 7 Buffalo Arts downed No. 10 Roy-Hart 50-37.

Taking charge in the third quarter, No. 11 seeded Roy-Hart went on to defeat visiting No. 14 Buffalo Arts 66-54 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B2 boys basketball playoffs.

Leading 25-20 at the half, Roy-Hart used a 20-12 third period scoring edge to key the win.

Rhett Goodwin hit two threes as Canyon Wood and Jon Gillings each had one and Tom Ragonese chipped in with 4 points to lead that surge which vaulted the Rams out to a 45-32 advantage at the three-quarter mark.

Wood finished with 11 as Goodwin and Ragonese both added 10, Reed Albee 9 and Aiden Petrie 8.

However, Roy-Hart will have little time to savor the win as the Rams must visit No. 6 Cleveland Hill in the next round at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Honeoye 72, Kendall 61 OT
Host No. 5 seed Honeoye used a 16-5 scoring edge in the overtime period, including 8 of 10 from the free throw line, to earn a 72-61 win over visiting No. 12 Kendall in the opening round of the Section V Class D1 playoffs.

Kendall sent the game into overtime on a free throw by Dale Steffen which knotted the contest at 56-56.

Derek Edick had 23 and Steffen 18 to lead Kendall.

RAC 72, Holley 67
No. 5 seed Rochester Charter Academy used a 24-17 fourth period scoring edge to down No. 12 Holley 72-67 in the opening round of the Section V Class C1 playoffs.

Carson Major scored 22, Broek Ostrom 12, Jake Norman 10 and Kohl Morgan 7 for Holley which trailed 37-32 at the half.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Sarah Sones leads Medina past Burgard.

No. 13 seed Medina upended host No. 4 Burgard 36-31 this evening in the opening round of the Section VI Class B1 girls basketball playoffs.

Sarah Sones poured in 22 points and also grabbed off 22 rebounds to lead the way for Medina which went just 1-19 during the regular season.

Anya Bloom added 10, Julie Porter 3 and Nodia Osby 1 for the Mustangs.

Trailing 18-16 at the half, Medina used an 11-7 third period scoring edge to rally into the lead for good at 27-25.  Sones scored all 11 of the Mustangs points during that key stretch.

The Mustangs then used a 9-7 fourth period scoring edge, including 5 by Sones, to put a lock on the victory.

Burgard finishes the season at 13-2.

Medina next visits the winner of the No. 12 Olean vs. No. 5 Dunkirk game in the quarterfinals on Friday.

The regular season champion Tri County Yellow team is the top seed for this coming weekend’s Empire Amateur Hockey League division playoffs.

Tri County will open with a semifinal contest on Saturday at Webster against the winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal game between No. 5 Monroe County and No. 4 Perinton Jasie.

No. 2 seed Perinton Stantz will play in the other semifinal against the winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal between No. 6 Tri County Green and No. 3 Batavia.

The championship game will be played at 7:15 p.m. Sunday at Webster.

The Tri County Yellow team went 18-1-1 in the league and 23-2-2 overall during the regular season.

The Roy-Hart/Barker/Medina  Club Hockey team dropped a narrow 3-1 decision to Jamestown in the  WNY Club League Championship contest this afternoon at the Key Bank Arena.

RBM tied the game at 1-1 with seven minutes remaining in the third period on an unassisted goal by Nick Wood (Akron).

To that point, RBM had played a great game, especially Andrew Warner in goal.  However, they could not stop Jamestown in the waning moments as the Red Raiders scored twice to claim the win.

Jamestown entered the game with a 15-4-1 large division record.

In their three years of existence, RBM now has one WNY title and two second place finishes.

Next weekend, RBM travels  to Jamestown for the New York State Club Championships, being played Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

There will be four downstate teams plus four WNY teams in the Small School Division.  RBM has placed second in the state the last two seasons.